police involved shooting. a man is dead after officers opened fire. how it happened. held lo, again. i'm jessica kartalija. here's what people are talking about today. we're following a developing story in baltimore county this noon. police shoot and kill a man while trying to solve a warrant at his home. wjz is live. rochelle rich ie is at police head quarters with the latest. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. the police police officer who fire -- the police officer who fired those fatal shots is a 17 year veteran although the baltimore county police station. he's now on paid leave. >> baltimore county police say just before midnight they tried to serve a search warrant at this home on the 400 black of high meadow road. >> as officers entered the home identifying themselves as police officers they made their way to the second floor. >> it was on the way the second floor an unknown man, later identified as ronald melvin cox, began swinging a sword as officers entered the bedroom. >> it was a large sword in the

range of 3 feet long. >> the sword struck one of the officers shields. >> the officer opened fire to stop the attack. >> police are not saying if he's attempted to the murder case. >> reporter: they are not releasing his name of the officer. back to you. >> thank you . baltimore county homicide detectives are investigating this case. a carroll county man is behind bars this noon charged in connection with a double shooting over night that left one man dead and another injured. state police were called to the harvest inn just after a midnight. they found david garis and david hail in the parking lot. hail was taken to shock trauma. police arrested 24-year-old jacob bercher. he's been held on a temporary warrant charging him with first degree murder. the baltimore city fire department is changing its social media guidelines. gigi barnett is in the news room with

the details. >> reporter: the city fire department says it's taking a second look at its rules on social media. fire department leaders say they may change their rules on what comments firefighters can post on social media sites. the move coming after firefighters post information on websites like twitter. some firefighters say the new poll sis could speak their rights to speak their right. the city police force is working on its policy as well. >> some of the complaints posted on twitter include the city's decision to close three fire companies. a victory for baltimore. wells fargo will pay millions of the city. baltimore sued wells fargo assuming sub prime lending practices. wells fargo agreed to pay $175 million to eight

cities and states, including baltimore getting $7.5 million. the settlement also gives restitution to city redents. the secret service is investigating a report that a police officer made threatening comments towards michelle obama. the officer was over heard saying he would shoot the first lady then showed a picture from his cell phone of the firearm he would use. the officer has worked as a motorcycle escort for white house officials. he's been assigned to administrative duty. it's shaping up to be a quite day weather wise. taking a live look outside. the sun is trying to peak out through the clouds over the inner harbor. we have complete first warning weather coverage with marty in the weather center. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. i've got that high over cast out there. it's a bright day if you're just getting up. you could use your sunglasses. there's not a ton of sun out there.

let's take a look at some temperatures, the numbers that tell the story of this noon hour. 85 on tv hill. the dew point of 58. not unlike the past two days. there is a bit of a different feel this afternoon all be it with the temperature change. we have, as i said, these high clouds in the area in the region. let's take a look at the doppler. we do indeed have some shower actively. now you -- activity. you saw that light stuff at the beginning of this loop. i'll run it right, there at cecil county. that's the eastern extent of a waive out to our west. all that moisture is going to stay northwest of the baltimore metro moving southwest to northeast. if you live in portions of carroll county you may see a couple of showers this afternoon but not enough to spit at. that's our best hope for

widespread rain in the area. we're starting to get dry. we're moving into the driest period of the year. what are our chances of getting moisture, rain, over the next 5 days? we will take a look at that coming up shortly in our first warning weather significant mnt. back to -- segment. back to you. j p morgan chase said their giant trading blunder was more serious than first reported. the fall out for the bank and its traders. >> jp morgan chase now says the trading mistake has cost the bank $5.8 billion so far this year. that's almost triple its original estimate of the loss. ceo jamie diamond told analysts this has shaken our company to the core. traders in london managed the botched portfolio. they were supposed to be protecting the company against risk. diamond said the managers had been dismissed without pay.

he plans to take back 2 years worth of compensation from each of those executives, that includes the bank's former chief investment officer. >> until the trading loss came to light jp morgan had one of the best reputations in the banking business. it's working hard to repair that imagine. >> diamond told analysts we're not making light of this error but we think it's an isolated event. the company made a profit of $5 billion in the last quarter. that was down from a year ago but still beat wall street's expectations. >> those better than expected profits have boosted jp morgan's stock 4% in morning trading. there's no need to fear new speed cam ares in baltimore -- cameras in baltimore county. police say there's a glitch. the cameras were installed in

county school zones but won't be turned on today due to a technical problem. police promise to let everyone know when the cameras will be operational. you will have a 30 day grace period before receiving a ticket. hundreds are head following another -- are dead following another out brake of violence. >> yahoo e-mail hack. who is being effected. >> will the sun make an appearance later on? marty will be back with your updated first warning weather forecast. [ dog growls, barks ]

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provide him a great home that would certainly be appreciated. he's at the maryland spca. the phone number is coming up here shortly. the adoption county -- adoption county counsellor -- adoption counselers will be happy to work with you. there's free cat and kitten adoptions tomorrow at the maryland spca. there's a ton of kittens and cats. we have to find them homes. if you're looking for a feline, that would be the place to go this weekend, today, tomorrow and sunday. our little yellow scarf is compliments of our friday noon sponsor, mr. basement, who believes we can make a difference for pets who need a home. one of the good guys. crispy, you have a good time. will you watch him? >> i will. >> i have to walk over there and i don't want him to follow me. i want to take a look at

first warning doppler weather radar. we've got shower activity that's sitting just out to the west. it's not going to migrate east. the thing is, we really do need some rain. last night on eyewitness news first warning weather we were telling you that normally we have an inch and a half of rain in july. right now we're over an inch and a tenth down area wide for rain in this month. this is one of our drier periods of the year. this is very light moisture to begin with. it's very doubtful the bulk of this will be here, other than a spotty shower will migrate east. i think there's a better chance of some steadier shower activity towards carroll and frederick county. having said that, we take a look at the current temperatures. 85 on tv hill. for the most part dry. 40 per % humidity. it's actually very comfortable. there's barely a breeze.

the barometer is at 30.22. 71 oakland, 75 cumberland, 79 haguers town. that's where the shower activity has been. notice the temperature difference. 83 easton, 82 on the boards in ocean city, 82 westminster, bel air and columbia and annapolis and kent island. 83 rock hall. of course there's that 85 in the district. heat is going to creep back as is humidity. we see a waive that's helping to draw this humidity and heat up into the mid atlantic. for the most part what we'll see tomorrow and sunday is going to be a chance of isolated pop up showers and thundershowers, nothing that should totally ruin a weekend day. do understand there could be some cause and effect. 90 the high today. over night a low of 70. tomorrow -- again, i think this is the best wording for the day and actually i wouldn't -- i

didn't want to put the rain symbol up. i don't want you to think it's going to be a horrible day. is there any rain coming our way? we'll talk about that here coming up shortly. >> thank you, marty. the oriels start the second half of the season this weekend at camden yards. on sunday it's on wjz. see the birds take on the detroit tigers sunday afternoon at 1:30 live on wjz 13. still to come on eyewitness news at noon, tracking your food. does it help our hurt you when it comes to losing weight? the answer coming up in health watch. >> wjz 13 is owls always -- always on. here are the top stories at this hour. for instant updates on all today's news and updated weather forecast log onto wjz.com. ,,

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million women. another 16.7 million were underinsured. women without insurance will drop to 8% under the affordable care act. obese children are just as smart as not over weight children. researchers did research on this. police opened fire killing a man. the latest on what led to the fatal gunfire. cleaning house, jp morgan chase firing everyone involved in a major banking blunder. join us for these stories and all the day's breaking news today at 4:00 right after dr. phil. >> please stay with us, your five day forecast is next. ,,,,,,

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just how hot. >> wait and see. tonight miss tonight's cbs prime time line up, at 10:00 it's blue bloods and stay tuned [ dog growls, barks ] bring your dog to work day... not our best idea. [ barking ] george! stop it! stop. oh. it was a nice thought. [ male announcer ] some business decisions are better than others. the best decision is switching to verizon. you're good to go. that was fast! thank you. [ male announcer ] speed, reliability, and now with our worry free guarantee, it's the best time to switch. get your choice of terms. no activation fees. a 30-day money back guarantee. flexible scheduling. professional on-site installation. and 24/7 tech support. and now, get a 2nd line. it's all included for just $84.99 a month

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